Pleased to have cut off gas supply.COMPLAINTS against unscrupulous gas salesmen have slumped by 40 per cent and nobody is more pleased than us.The Sunday Mercury Sunday Mercury is a Sunday newspaper published in Birmingham, UK. A tabloid, with a sensationalist streak, it is owned by Trinity Mirror and produced in the same newsroom as The Birmingham Post and The Evening Mail. References 1. exposed the disgraceful dis·grace·ful adj. Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful. dis·grace  ful·ly adv. behaviour of poorly
trained sales reps who were being sent out armed with halruths and
downright lies.
Once alerted by us the industry regulator Ofgas took swift action, disciplining one of the companies concerned. The rest of the industry heard the message loud and clear, leading to a rapid tightening up of procedures. The latest figures show a drop in complaints from 746 to 462 in the past two month, confirming the effectiveness of the new code. Without our intervention many more innocent consumers would have fallen victim to an increasingly ruthless struggle for a share of the lucrative gas market. We are proud to have played our part and pledge to keep on fighting for the rights of our readers. Sword loophole An omission or Ambiguity in a legal document that allows the intent of the document to be evaded. Loopholes come into being through the passage of statutes, the enactment of regulations, the drafting of contracts or the decisions of courts. will lead to disaster A TRADITIONAL Samurai samurai (sä'm  rī`), knights of feudal Japan, retainers of the daimyo. This aristocratic warrior class arose during the 12th-century wars between the Taira and Minamoto clans and was sword consists of 30 inches of finely honed
steel with a razor-sharp edge that can take off a man's head.
Would you want to see such a fearsome fear·some adj. 1. Causing or capable of causing fear: "The Devil is a fearsome enemy" Jimmy Breslin. 2. Fearful; timid. weapon placed in the hands of a 16 year-old? As we reveal today there is nothing to stop such swords being sold to teenagers. Yet the law forbids shopkeepers to sell them pocket knives and even nail scissors nail scissors pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Small scissors with short, curved blades for trimming and shaping fingernails or toenails. . It is another example of how a good law can be fatally fa·tal·ly adv. 1. So as to cause death; mortally: fatally injured. 2. So as to result in disaster or ruin. 3. According to the decree of fate; inevitably. Adv. 1. flawed by unforeseen loopholes. The Government must move quickly to end this ridiculous anomaly. Those who oppose controls on weapons say that it is people who kill, not guns and knives. But it is the availability of potentially lethal weapons that makes terrible atrocities not only possible but more likely. Anyone who doubts it only has to look across the Atlantic where another teenager armed to the teeth has brought death and tragedy to a school. Schmeichel plays pig in the middle PETER Schmeichel's decision to appear in ads for Danish bacon could prove to be one of his rasher decisions. Because an animal welfare storm has blown up over how the Danes treat their pigs. The Manchester United goalkeeper may disagree but British farmers insist that they have a safer pair of hands. |
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